Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...

James "Little Jim" Guild was convicted of killing a 60-year-old widow with a cow yoke after she scolded him. Despite having ...

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Accents center on the pronunciation of words, while dialects encompass pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Here, the subjects of Grant Wood's American Gothic channel speaking styles popular in ...

A People’s History of Sports in the United States By Dave Zirin The New Press; 268 pp. The Gist: In A People’s History of Sports in the United States Zirin sets out to deflate the misconception that ...

The holiday season officially reached Capitol Hill on Friday morning as a 53-foot red fir from Nevada’s Humboldt-Toiyabe ...

Gratitude doesn’t solve the problems that we face, but it sharpens our awareness of the advantages that we often overlook.

Pecans, America's only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States. Today, American trees produce hundreds ...

President Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the ...

Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, it's important to remember the real history of the United States and its holidays.